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Light for them that sit in darkness, or, A discourse of Jesus Christ, and…
Light for them that sit in darkness, or, A discourse of Jesus Christ, and that he undertook to accomplish by himself the eternal redemption of sinners also, that the Lord Jesus addressed himself to this work, with undeniable demonstrations that he performed the same : objections to the contrary answered / by John Bunyan.
London: printed for Francis Smith, 1675
LIGHT for them that sit in DARKNESS. › Demonstration 7: The Seventh Demonstration.
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By him therefore; wherefore? because he also, that he might sanctify us with his own Blood suffered without the Gate, ver. 12.
By him therefore; wherefore? because he also, that he might sanctifie us with his own Blood suffered without the Gate, ver. 12.
He sanctified us with his Blood, but why should the Father have thanks for this? even because the Father gave him for us, that he might die to sanctify us with his Blood. Giving thanks to the Father which hath made us meet to be Partakers of the Inheritance of the Saints in Light, who hath delivered us from the Power of Darkness, and hath translated us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, in whom we have redemption through his Blood, even the forgiveness of Sins, Col. 1. 12, 13, 14. The Father is to be thanked, for the contrivance was also his, but the Blood, the Righteousness, or that worthiness, for the Sake of which we are accepted of God, is the Worthiness of his own dear Son; as it is meet therefore that God should have thanks, so it is necessary that he have it in his Name for whose sake we indeed are accepted of him.
He sanctified us with his Blood, but why should the Father have thanks for this? even because the Father gave him for us, that he might die to sanctifie us with his Blood. Giving thanks to the Father which hath made us meet to be Partakers of the Inheritance of the Saints in Light, who hath delivered us from the Power of Darkness, and hath translated us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, in whom we have redemption through his Blood, even the forgiveness of Sins, Col. 1. 12, 13, 14. The Father is to be thanked, for the contrivance was also his, but the Blood, the Righteousness, or that worthiness, for the Sake of which we are accepted of God, is the Worthiness of his own dear Son; as it is meet therefore that God should have thanks, so it is necessary that he have it in his Name for whose sake we indeed are accepted of him.